Snooker

THE 201718 SEASON KICKS OFF ON MONDAY 4th SEPTEMBER

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Premier Division

After 10 games played Pockets C lead the first division with 46 points. Under the new handicap system they have won 8 games and are 6 points clear of second placed Middlewich A. Cosey Club are third but their advantage currently lies with their handicaps. The total for the team would be + 77 against Pockets C combined total of -17

Pockets A are on 25 points and are one place from bottom

First Division

Pockets D lie ninth in their 13 team division. They are on 29 points, seven above the bottom team

Three Man Team

Winners

Alliance Pairs

Individual Handicap 2017/18

Richard Proctor, John Abbott and Andy Johnson all progressed to the next round

Charity Team K.O.

TEAM K.O

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Champions Trophy

Clare Cup 2017/18

Andy Hollinshead, Billy Hopkins, Paul Hatherly and Craig Winslow all secured victories in the first round

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THE MID-CHESHIRE SNOOKER LEAGUE PRESENTATION NIGHT WAS STAGED AT OWLEY WOOD SOCIAL CLUB ON SATURDAY 3rd JUNE AND IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NIGHT TO NORMAL AS JIMMY WHITE HAD BEEN BOOKED TO PLAY EIGHT EXHIBITION MATCHES AND TO PRESENT THE TROPHIES.

ADAM WONG FROM POCKETS C WAS THE ONLY PLAYER TO BEAT JIMMY BUT HIS TEAM CAME AWAY WITH A BAGFUL OF AWARDS TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON

2016/2017

Premier League Champions Pockets C

3 Man Team S. Colclough D. Griffiths, S. Hancock

Team Knockout Winners Pockets C

Clare Cup Winner S. Colclough

Champions Trophy Winner S. Coulclough

Highest League Break S. Colclough

Highest Competition Break S. Colclough

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Stewart Colclough has announced that he is stepping down from the League next year and our thanks go to him for all his efforts on behalf of Pockets over the last 20 years. He has been a credit to the club and the League and his achievement of winning 22 individual trophies marks him out as the outstanding player of his generation.

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Historical

When Pockets first opened in 1984 the structure of the Mid-Cheshire Snooker League was very different. Four Divisions, with eighteen teams in each, showed the immense popularity of the game. Any new club wishing to enter the League could only do so if existing members did not fill the available vacancies. It was about four years before Pockets were admitted to the League, but they were soon represented by four teams. Plenty of silverware has followed since, with the Individual K.O. being won by Andy Breakey in 94/95 and Dave Swift in 95/96. Andy Wong won the Champions Trophy in 95/96 and the Clare Cup in 96/97. Stewart Colclough and Andy Breakey the Pairs in 2001/02.
By far the most successful of the players has been Stewart Colclough winning the Individual K.O. twice, the Champions Trophy eight times and the Clare Cup on no less than eleven occasions. Pockets D won the Charity K.O. in 2001/02 and 2002/03 and the first League title back in the nineties under the captaincy of Razak Kara.In 2000/01 Alex Stanfield led Steve Bampton, Andy Breakey, Stewart Colclough, Martin Coppick, Andrew Kennedy, Paul Wilkinson and Craig Winslow to their second and last title. The best they had achieved since was the runners-up spot but in 2015-16 that long run was broken when Stewart Colclough led his team of Ritchie Proctor, Paul Atherly, Adam Wong, Craig Winslow and Sam Hancock to win the Premier Division by 43 points and remain unbeaten all season.

The 2012/2013 season finished with Pockets C finishing runners-up to Middlewich D in the Premier Division. Pockets D won the wooden spoon in the Second Division with Pockets A finishing one place above them.
Stewart Colclough had a good season personally. As well has his Premier League runners-up trophy he also won the Hyundai Champions Trophy, the league averages, the highest league break, the highest cup competition break and the highest overall break
The league resumes again in September and Pockets Snooker Club welcomes anyone with sufficient ability who would like to play in the league.

Overall it has been another very successful season with the roll of honour reading as follows.Premier Division Runners-up Pockets C2nd Division Champions Pockets AClare Cup Winner, Stewart Colclough who beat Adam Griffiths 3-0 in the final and Dave Ellis was a losing semi-finalist.Champions Trophy Winner, Stewart Colclough beating Sam Throsby 4-1 in the final.Individual Handicap Winner, Danny Massey of Pockets B who triumphed 3-1 against Ian Hughes of Victoria.
Losing semi-finalists were Stewart Colclough and Paul Hatherly.Alliance Pairs The winners were Pete and Chris Murney of Pockets A who beat Moores and Webber 3-0 in the final.Team K.O. Winners were Pockets C who beat Winnington C in the final. Stewart Colclough achieved a break of 95 in his frame.Charity K.O. Pockets C were losing finalists against Castle A3 Man Team Pockets A representatives, Andy Hollinshead, Bill Monaghan and Doug Hodgson were losing semi-finalists.Averages Stewart Colclough won the Premier Division averages and Andy Hollinshead won the 2nd Division averages.Competition Highest Break was won by Stewart Colclough with a break of 116 in the Clare Cup.
This also won the overall highest break.2nd Division Highest Break went to Andy Johnson of Pockets A with a break of 45

As well as being the No 1 player in the Mid-Cheshire Snooker League, Stewart Colclough is currently rated at number 11 of 142 in the G.B. 9-Ball pool rankings and number 1 of 111 in the Amateur Listings. An excellent achievement considering he only plays six tournaments a season.

2015/16 Season

There is no doubt that Stewart Colclough has been the best player in the Mid Cheshire Snooker League for many years but even he surpassed himself this year. In leading his Pockets team to go unbeaten all season to win the Premier Division by a 43 point margin he personally topped the division averages and added trophy after trophy throughout the season. By winning the Clare Cup, the Individual Handicap and the Champions Trophy he secured all three of the singles competitions and went on with partner Craig Winslow to win the Scotch Doubles and joined Ritchie Proctor to win the Alliance Pairs. The first trophy was won earlier in the season when Stewart and teammates Adam Wong and Sam Hancock secured the Three Man Team title. Stewart also recorded the highest league break with 102 and the highest competition break with a 93 to seal an unprecedented season of success for himself and the Pockets Snooker teams.